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are busy in carrying in their crops.Some of the places particularly the Railway Stations were gaily decorated with flags in honour of the Sultan's visit. We saw the Natives irrigating the crops & chopping the Tibbin[?]. Arrived Alexandria 3 pm. Put up Windsor Hotel. Visited Noriza Gardens & had a run around Town. Alexandria seems a nice city much nicer than Cairo. The streets however are so narrow. Returned back to hotel & once again slept on a soft bed.Tuesday May 28Alexandria strikes me as being more of a Cosmopolitan City than Cairo. There are all Nationalities here & most seem prosperous
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